Earth's Patterns

What causes the angle of the sun’s rays to change

during the year on Earth?

• the tilt of Earth’s axis

• the sun’s slow rotation

• Earth’s distance from the sun

• Earth’s rotation

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If you live in the Southern Hemisphere, during

which month does autumn(fall) occur?

• March

• June

• December

• September

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Season’s are caused by Earth’s

• orbit and distance from the moon

• orbit and distance from the sun

• tilted axis and size

• orbit and tilted axis

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Day and night are caused by Earth’s

• revolution

• rotation

• shape

• equator

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• A

• B

• C

• D

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• Student 1 only

• Students 2 and 4 only

• Student 2 only

• Students 1 and 3 only

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A student observes the shadows created by a flagpole to collect data on the movement of the sun. The student sketches observations three times throughout the day.

Which direction is the student facing when sketching the observations shown above?

• East

• North

• South

• West

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A student observed the Sun throughout the day over the neighbor’s house. The change the student observed is caused by -

• orbit of Earth around the Sun

• rotation of Earth on its axis

• orbit of the Sun through space

• reflection of the Sun off the Moon

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Earth's revolution takes

• 1 day

• 12 hours

• about 365 days

• 27 days

Earth rotates once on its axis every

• 24 hours

• year

• hour

• 27 days